traditional résumé might seem like a relic in today’s digital-driven project management world—but it’s still a job seeker’s best friend.

;ere’s no doubt that social media pro;les help project practitio-ners stay visible to hiring managers, who are increasingly searchingfor talent online. Forty-three percent of organizations say socialprofessional networks are a top source for quality hires—a 48percent increase since 2011, according to LinkedIn’s 2016

Global Recruiting Trends report. In the United States, 52percent of employers used social media to research job can-didates in 2015, up from 43 percent in the previous year,according to a Harris Poll conducted for CareerBuilder.

But the résumé, also called CV, still has a more universal appeal. In the United States, for instance, 93 percent of recruiters still
rely on résumés to ;nd top talent, according to Jobvite’s 2015 study of more
than 1,400 recruiters and human resources professionals.

Plus, a well-crafted résumé highlights the skills and experiences most applicable to the project role at hand, so hiring managers don’t have to sift through
a candidate’s entire work history to ;nd noteworthy nuggets.

“What makes a résumé stellar is that it’s easy to decipher what applicants
have done in their careers and when they’ve done it, and it’s a fair re;ection of
their skills and capabilities,” Mr. Yinger says.

;ese ;ve tips can help project practitioners craft résumés that will pique an
employer’s interest—and get their foot in the door.